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I'm a big Quentin Tarantino fan.
I like the Patagonia in Argentina.
I just try to compete every night.
If I'm not on the floor, I'm not valued.
I like to communicate, to share the ball.
I'm more on the country side than big cities.
Every loss, every defeat is tough in its own way.
Big guys are Great Danes. We don't last very long.
You can be selfish by being too unselfish at times.
I listen to rap, reggae, Nirvana and Guns N' Roses.
I grow strawberries, watermelon, onions, you name it.
Being young and dumb, honestly, you pick up some bad habits.
Athletes are moved - human beings are moved - by challenges.
Sport's about patience and keep working no matter the outcome.
It's a thing I have to continually do, taking care of my body.
Everybody that's come to Memphis has been welcome with open arms.
In any relationship, there's multiple moving pieces. Not just one.
I don't read the papers. I don't want to read what the press says.
It's important as an athlete to know your body and how things affect it.
There have been few players that haven't been traded over the years in the NBA.
If you only take money in the bank and never put money in the bank, you'll go broke.
With years, you change. You're not as hardheaded or stubborn. You are more malleable.
I'm a team guy, obviously. When a team needs me to be aggressive, I have to be aggressive.
I had the worst habits that you could imagine. Pizza, burgers, even a little bit of sweets.
You just need to be happy, and once you're happy with yourself then you can do more things.
That's the only way I know how to play - dedicating yourself to the game, to the city, to the fans.
Before being an athlete, I'm a person, a human being, like the ones Open Arms are saving every day.
When you grow tomatoes, you're going to get a lot of tomatoes. So you want to learn how to preserve.
Adjusting and evolving as a player and not being stuck in a certain way, I'm happy for those things.
I don't know how many Michelin stars Barcelona has, but you don't have to spend big money to eat great.
That makes you a better player, when you go through the process of seeing what other teams are doing to you.
We gotta leave a better planet for our kids. And I would say we gotta leave better kids for our planet as well.
It's never been about me... It's a team sport. It's basketball. It's not how good you are, it's how good your team is.
You can't change what Memphis means to me, what Memphis has meant to me. It's a special place for me. There's no doubt.
I've made pretty much every mistake you can make as a young man, eating and drinking the wrong things at the wrong times.
I fell asleep during the draft, actually. I woke up, and I was picked No. 48. I didn't even know what number I was picked.
People say, 'Well, you're not Pau's little brother anymore.' I'm always going to be Pau's younger brother and Adria's older brother.
The architecture in Barcelona is very unique, and I think it's something to truly spend some time getting to know all the cool places.
Going through processes as a team and getting better each and every night, that's what you do it for - to eventually win games as a group.
Obviously, for my line of work, I cannot eat barbecue that often. It takes a little bit to digest and it's not the healthiest thing to eat.
I was just having fun because everybody was so much shorter than me. Honestly, my stats in high school were ridiculous. They made no sense.
As a tall guy, you always think the over-the-top pass is the easiest way out. But sometimes you can fake that, and throw it under their arms.
When you accomplish something, or you don't accomplish something, automatically your brain goes to the next challenge. That's your next focus.
Different coaches have different schemes, so for me, it's about learning and being able to adjust and adapt to these coaches. It fills your toolbox.
I didn't care about the draft. I didn't want to do the workouts - they put you in two-on-two full-court drills with guards. That's not going to help me.
Nothing guarantees a championship. Nothing. Not having the best players, not practicing the most. Your best chance is if you do the right thing every day.
I don't think the Lakers really knew me when they first drafted me. They just saw my name and my size and my stats. They just picked somebody because they had to.
When people know that you're going to give them the ball where they want it, then they're going to try to do the same thing for you. And then, they're going to play hard defensively.
I think once I had my kids that kind of made it like, 'Look, you have to be the best you can be so they have a good example at home.' You want to give them the best food, what's best for them.
Basketball is about relationships. The bond that you create by playing together, going through battles together. The trust that you build goes a long way. It goes beyond the game of basketball.